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Sandy Edwards of Columbia has been named vice president of corporate services and business development for Maryland Personal Physicians Inc., a primary-care network. He will be responsible for physician recruitment and contract negotiations, and will over see strategic and program planning, marketing and public relations. Edwards was formerly director of network development for the company. MPPI, founded in 1995 with a $14 million investment by Mercy Medical Center and a subsequent $10 million investment by St. Joseph Medical Center, includes 102 primary-care providers in 61 offices throughout Baltimore and Central Maryland.